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v Gr. G. GORWIN.

G'OMMDDIE.

No. 506,905. Patented Oct; 17., I893.

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OOMMODE.

Patented Oct. 17, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE O. CORWIN, OF HORNELLSVILLE, NEW YORK.

COMMODE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,905, dated October17, 1893.

Application filed March 10, 1893. Serial No. 465,417. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. CORWIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hornellsville, in the county of Steuben and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Commodes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of commodes or other similar vesselshaving a lid, seat, and stench-tight joint for preventing the escape offetid odors arising from their contents; and it consists in certainnovel features of arrangement, construction, and ap plication, ashereinafter fully explained, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a side elevation of myinvention, showing the vessel closed, the dotted-lines indicating theposition of the lid and its spring-pressure catch when said lid isthrown open for using the commode; Fig. 2, a front elevation of thesame, (but omitting the dotted-lines;) Fig. 3, a plan view of the same,but showing the bail in dotted-lines with its handled-center resting inconvenient position on the tail end of the lid; Fig. 4, a bottom plan ofthe lid and seat, showing how the latter is hinged to the former; Fig.5, a bottom plan of the lid, with the seat omitted, the connecting-leafof the hinge being shown in section; and Fig. 6 a broken, full-size,central section, showing the upper fore-end of the vessel, seat and lid,and the manner of clamping the said fore-end of the seat to the lip orflange of the vessel.

A represents a pail or vessel having a lip a, and a bail B, the latterbeing loosely or pivotally connected to screws or headed pins b whichproject from the ears or bosses a at both sides of said pail beneath itslip.

C represents the seat having the usual opening 0', and provided on itsunder side witha soft-rubber ring or washer D, attached thereto in anysuitable manner. Ring D is of such diameter that it shall intervene orlie between the upper face of the lip a and said under side of the seat,and thereby constitutes a self seating or conforming stench pipe jointaround the entire lip.

c, 0', represent a pair of pendent, inwardly turned clamp-armsprojecting fromaplate or bar 0 the latter being secured to the fore endof the seat, and said clamp-arms engaging under the lip a, as clearlyseen in Figs. 1, 2, and 6, to couple the seat thereto at said fore end.

0 0 represent soft-rubber rings or bands applied to both theinwardly-disposed, horizontal ends of the clamp-arms, to prevent injuryto the lip a in manipulating the seat, and, by their yieldingandcushioningproperties, especially enhancing the tightness of the jointbetween the seat and lip.

E represents the lid having, at its rear end,

a hinge-connection c with the seat, whereby it may be raised into theposition shown in dotted lines Fig. 1, when the commode is to be used.

e is a fore-extension on the lid, whereby it may be conveniently raised;and e a rear-extension, having a pendent flange or projection e, thelatter engaging under the lip of the vessel when the lid is raised, (asindicated by said dotted lines in Fig. 1,) to clamp both the lid andseat at the rear, and prevent their displacement or shift-ing while thevessel is in use.

F is a soft-rubber ring or washer on the bottom or inner face of thelid, suitably attached thereto so as to interpose between the lid andseat'outside the line of the stool-opening in said seat, and therebyform a stench-tight joint, similar to that between the seat andvessel-lip, hereinbefore described, and as best seen in Fig. 6. v

G, G, represent catches or hooks, projecting from screws 1) at eitherside the commode. They are properly swung on said screws be tween theinner ends of the bail and the cars a, and are provided with centralcoils g,which impart to them a resilient tendency hereinafter referredto.

g represents an eye or loop formed at the upperor free end of each ofthespring-catches G, G, and g is an angle or bend, also formed therein,just preceding said loop 9'.

H represents a transverse bar or plate secured across the top of thelid, and h, h, are headed pins or projections constructed at either endsaid plate, (as best seen in Figs. 2 and 3,) and disposed laterallybeyond the lid.

In the operation or use of my commode, the combined lid and seat,(folded or lying in contact with each other,) are readily placed on thevessel with the projections h, h on the lid perpendicularly in line withthe screws 1), and cushioned clamp-arms c, c, inserted under and inproper engagement with the fore part of the lip a; the lid may then beraised for using the vessel. Immediately after use, (to prevent stench,therefrom,) the lid is closed down on the seat, and the springcatchesthen swung upward, until their angles g engage the headed-pins h, h,projecting from the lid, (as best seen in Fig. 1,) the upper loops oreyes g forming convenient handles, and the coils g exerting acontinuous, firm tension or downward pressure on the lid and seat, tobring both down on the vessel-lip. The joints thus formed in my commode,by the resilient or cushioning and expanding action of the rubberwashers or gaskets D and F, clamp-bands O and the j or vessel havingalip or flange a, freely-swinging bail B, and a pair of spring catchesor the spring-catches G, G, g, are such that no stench whatever canescape from with-in,and the combined lid and seat entire may bejust asreadily removed from the vessel, (for emptying or otherwise,) by simplydisengaging the spring-catches from the projections h, h, on the lid,permitting them to be swung downward (as indicated by dotted lines,Fig-1), and then sliding said seat togetherwith its lid forwardslightly, till the clamp clears the lip.

It is obvious that instead of using the transverse-plate H with theprojections 71:, h, a screw or nail could beinserted at either side thelid, and answer probably just as well, but I prefer the use of saidplate for the reason that it strengthens or reinforces the lid, and thesaid projections being constructed integral therewith, the parts arefewer to apply or become loose.

screws were used, the driving of them into the sides of the lid wouldweaken it, and they l Besides, in case nails or V clamp on the seatcould also be dispensed with, but in that event the open lid, without 1a weight onthe seat, would be most likely to topple both the seat anditself over, either backward or laterally, as circumstances shallpresent themselves. It will be readily seen that the bail is so pivoted(in the ordinary manner) to the vessel that it is absolutely independentof the cover, and it can be swung freely from one side to the otherwithout affecting the condition of the cover in the least, when thevessel is either open or closed.

I claim- In a commode, the combination with a pail hooks G, G, thelatter having coils g, angles g and handles or loops 9, of a covercomposed of an orificed-sea-t, a lid hinged to said seat, yielding orresilient gaskets or washers on the bottom of both said seat and lid, aclamp having angular, inwardly disposed, cushioned arms at the fore-endof said seat, a

rearward projection having a pendent flange on said lid, and lateralpins h, h, also on said lid, arranged, constructed, and adapted for usesubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE c. CORWIN.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. JONES, L-. M. J ONES.

